Terret



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TERRET. No. 410,812. Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN TOBIAS STOLL, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

TERRET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 410,812, datedSeptember 10, 1889.

Application filed October 17, 1888- Serial No. 288,352. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN TOBIAS STOLL, of Sacramento, in the county ofSacramento and State of California, have invented a new and ImprovedTerret, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to terrets for harness, formed with an openingwhereby the strap or line may be inserted edgewise through the opening;and my invention consists in making the terret of usual form in generaloutline and slotted, the adjacent ends of the members of the ring beingin line with each other, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a front View of one style of my new and improved terret.Fig. 2 shows a modified form without a hasp.

The screw-shank a, plate 19, and post 0 may be of the usual or of anyapproved construc tion. The ring A is held in the post ain any approvedmanner, and is formed with an opening or slot d, through which a line orstrap maybe passed edgewise. The adjacent ends of the ring may befinished in any suitable manner, but I may round them to facilitate theentrance of the line to the slot. In Fig. l the ends are furnished withthe two opposite inner guards or balls 6 e and the two The said .haspmay be pivoted in In Fig. 2 the ring is of fancy design, having slot (1without a hasp, and the adjacent ends of the ring are formed withenlargements h h, as shown, to act as guards to prevent the strap fromcasually passing through the slot.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. The hereinbefore-described terret,consisting of the screw-shank a, the body portion A, said body portionformed of outwardly and upwardly extending side arms the ends of whichextend inwardly toward each other,

the proximate, ends provided with ball-like enlargements, said proximateends disposed to form a narrow vertical slot d, to admit of thedriving-rein being passed edgewise there through, said body portionbeing of a height slightly greater than the width of the ordinarydriving-rein, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The hereinbefore-described terret, consisting of the screw-shank a,the ring A, having a slot d, the adjacent ends thereof formed withopposite inner guards e e and two outer opposite balls ff, the ball fprovided with rib or notch 11, and a hasp or keeper pivoted at one endin the ball f, its opposite end adapted to extend over the ball f andengage the notch i, all arranged substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

JOHN TOBIAS STOLL.

Witnesses:

FRED I-I. EILERS, J AMES W. STAFFORD.

